I like helicopters, it is my living. However, I had bought a house close to the airport, knowing the regular traffic patterns and as such tried to avoid it. I would get annoyed when helicopters would constantly fly over my house on weekends because they "chose" to fly wide on downwind legs.
We have two ways to deal with the public who are becoming more aware of helicopter noise---we can try and educate them and fly neighborly or we can deal with the consequences when they gain political strength---just ask the New York and Los Angeles helicopter operators.